If you have asbestos on your property, EPA Victoria recommends you consult a professional asbestos removalist. You should ensure they have a WorkCover licence. To find a licenced asbestos removalist or asbestos removal site, visit:

There are a wide range of battery types, many of which contain toxic metals such as cadmium, mercury and lead. Others contain valuable materials like magnesium and zinc. Used batteries are a hazardous waste and should not be placed in the garbage bin. This includes batteries in laptops, mobile phones, power tools and cameras.

Households can take small amounts of household batteries to the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre or Council’s Specialty Recycling Hub for free.

Donating a bike is a great way of helping the community and promoting sustainability.

Bicycles for Humanity is a grass roots, volunteer run organisation which helps alleviate poverty through sustainable bicycle transport. Drop off your working or easily fixable bike to any Bicycle Super Store in Victoria.

Used car batteries, as well as other used lead-acid batteries, are hazardous waste and should be disposed of through an appropriate specialty recycling program. Lead-acid batteries also include batteries in motorcycles, boats, emergency lighting and air conditioners.

Car batteries can be taken to the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre for free.

All brands of inkjet cartridges, toner cartridges and toner bottles can be recycled through the Cartridges 4 Planet Ark program. They can be dropped off at participating Officeworks, Australia Post, Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi and The Good Guys stores as well as Office National and Office Product Depot outlets.

Common household chemicals, such as cooking oil, insect sprays and solvents can be disposed of through the Detox your Home mobile collection service, held at 31 locations across Victoria each year. Permanent Detox your Home collection sites do not accept household chemicals.

Detox Your Home Mobile Collection Service

There are nearby Detox your Home mobile collection events held each year. Upcoming collections include:

Skye - Saturday 3 February 2018

Braeside - Saturday 3 March 2018

Dandenong - Saturday 16 June 2018

To register (mandatory) and for other Detox your Home mobile collection events, visit:

Small amounts of household cooking oil can either be wiped up with absorbent paper / newspaper and placed in your garbage / compost bin, or poured on areas of dirt where it can be absorbed (NOT down the drain).

Cooking oils can be filtered and recycled into products such as biofuel, cosmetics and stock feed.

Residents can dispose of cooking oil and other household chemicals through the Detox your Home mobile chemical collection service.

E-waste includes any item with a power cord or charging cable, such as TV’s, computers, printers, irons and electric power tools. Electronic equipment is often made from hundreds of different materials. Many of these materials are inherently valuable (such as gold and platinum), and many are non-renewable. If they can be extracted, they can be reused in manufacturing again.

E-waste can be taken to the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre for free.

If you have excess green waste that won’t fit in your green waste bin, you can take it to the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre for a charge. For large quantities, it is recommended you call ahead on 1300 322 322.

The Return Unwanted Medicines project is a national scheme for out-of-date and unwanted medicines. Take expired and unwanted medicines to any pharmacy in Australia. All pharmacies are equipped to accept all medicines.

The returned medicines are disposed of safely. They are in no way reused or recycled. Medicines should not be disposed of in your waste bin or down the sink or toilet, as this is an environmental health hazard.

Over 95% of the materials in mobile phones can be recovered to make new products. For example, some components are recycled into stainless steel products and plastic pallets.

Households can take small amounts of mobile phones and accessories such as chargers, headphones, MP3 players and iPhones to the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre or Council’s Specialty Recycling Hub for free.

Motor oil is a valuable and finite resource. Used oil is hazardous. Lubricating oil picks up a variety of hazardous contaminants when used in engines and transmissions, including lead, dioxins, benzene and polycyclic aromatics. Leaving used oil sitting in your garage is a potential fire hazard.

Small amounts of motor oil can be taken to the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre for safe disposal. This is free for Frankston City residents (maximum size 20 litre container).

The SHARPS (Southern Hepatitis/HIV/AIDS Referral and Prevention Service) program is a needle syringe program. It provides clean equipment, access to internet and phone (local calls only), advice, referrals, support and information.

Household quantities (small amounts) of expanded polystyrene (EPS), such as polystyrene appliance packaging and white polystyrene fruit and vegetable boxes, can be taken to the Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre for a charge.

Small numbers of smoke detectors can be safely disposed of in your household garbage bin, once the batteries have been removed. However when more than ten (10) smoke detectors are collected for bulk disposal, they must be treated as radioactive waste. For more information, visit:

Soft plastics are plastics that you can scrunch up into a ball and that generally don’t hold their shape. For example, if you were to pour water into a plastic item, would it expand to hold the water (like a plastic bag) or would it hold the water within its own shape (like a margarine container)? If it holds its own shape, it's hard plastic, and can go in the recycling bin. If it doesn't hold its shape, it's soft plastic and cannot be recycled through the kerbside recycling system.

Please Note

This information has been provided by Council as a guide only and should not be viewed as an endorsement or recommendation of an independent service provider. Please contact the service provider to confirm details, or look in the local phone directory or Council’s Business Directory to find other alternatives. Please contact Council if you know of other local organisations that provide recycling or reuse services.

For information on what can and can’t be accepted in the kerbside recycling bin, visit our Bin Information page.